Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) is an uruguayan photographer, member of the German artist collective Schmelzofen e.V.
He started studying photography at the workshop of Borgunder. Later he continued his training at the National School of Fine Arts and at the School of Communication Sciences of the University of the Republic.
Being interested in the life in rural areas, he started traveling to the provinces in 2008. Within this context, he made his work Life is too short, for which he was given the National Author’s Book Award from Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, in 2009.
In 2014 he won the scholarship from International Photography Festival San José Foto SJF. He was invited to exhibit his work in the first edition of the Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, in 2017.
In 2018 Iturrioz won the Uruguayan Photography Award organized by Ministry of Education and Culture MEC, and by CdF. The next year he was invited to participate at the 5th Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía in São Paulo, Brazil.
His work is part of the collections: The Best of Lensculture (NL), Primal Sight (USA), Gomma Black and White Awards (UK), Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración (USA).
He currently lives and works in the Swabian Jura, Germany.
Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) es un fotógrafo uruguayo, miembro del colectivo alemán de artistas Schmelzofen e.V.
Inicia sus estudios de fotografía en el taller Borgunder. Mas tarde, continua su formación en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes y en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de la República.
Interesado en la realidad del medio rural del Uruguay, en 2008 comienza una serie de viajes hacia el interior del país. En este marco realiza su trabajo Life is too short, que recibirá el Premio de Libro de Autor Nacional del Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo Cdf, en 2009.
En el año 2014 obtiene la beca del Festival Internacional de Fotografía San Jose Foto SJF. En 2017 recibe la invitación para exhibir su trabajo en la primera edición del Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF.
En el año 2018 consigue el Premio Nacional de la Fotografía Uruguaya, promovido por el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura MEC, y por el CdF. Al año siguiente, es invitado a participar en el V Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía de San Pablo, Brasil.
Su trabajo forma parte de las colecciones: The Best of Lensculture (NL), Primal Sight (EEUU), Gomma Black and White Awards (UK), Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración (EEUU).
Actualmente vive y trabaja en los montes de Suabia, Alemania.
Exhibitions and Projections
2025 Kunstmuseum “Auf Der Suche”, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2025 Swiridoff Gallery, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (collective exhibition)
2024 Palacio Salvo, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2024 Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim, Germany (single exhibition)
2023 Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, Uruguay (collective exhibition)
2022 Lensculture, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA (collective exhibition)
2022 OPEN, Königsbronn, Germany (collective exhibition)
2021 Odesa Photo Days Festival, Ukraine (projection)
2019 Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil (collective exhibition)
2019 Museo de Artes Visuales de Tacuarembó MUART, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Cortona On The Move, Italy (projection)
2019 OPEN, Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2019 FestFoto-POA, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (collective exhibition)
2019 ZineTonic-Editions, Planche(s) Contact, France (projection)
2019 Museo Lacan Guazu, Soriano, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Just Another Photo Festival, India (projection)
2019 Obscura Festival, Malaysia (projection)
2018 Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2018 OPEN, Königsbronn, Germany (collective exhibition)
2018 ZineTonic-Editions, Milano Photo Week, Italy (projection)
2017 Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2017 OPEN, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2016 San José Foto SJF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Casa Bertolt Brecht, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Slideluck Montevideo, Uruguay (projection)
2011 New Holland Photojournalism Award, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay (collective exhibition)
2010 Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
Awards and Honors
2023 Finalist of Gomma Black and White Awards, UK
2020 Selected by Primal Sight collection, publisher Gnomic Book, USA
2019 Jury´s Choice by LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards, NL
2019 Winner of AI-AP Latin American Fotografía 8, USA
2019 Shortlist of PHmuseum Photography Grant, UK
2018 Uruguayan Photography Award MEC-CdF, Uruguay
2017 Finalist of Fondation des Treilles, France
2014 Scholarship by International Photography Festival San José Foto, Uruguay
2011 Second Prize of New Holland Photojournalism Award, Brazil
2009 National Author’s Book Award by Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay
Books
Purgatorio · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2018, Pages 84 Format 16×22 cm
Life is too short · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2010, Pages 80 Format 21×21 cm
He started studying photography at the workshop of Borgunder. Later he continued his training at the National School of Fine Arts and at the School of Communication Sciences of the University of the Republic.
Being interested in the life in rural areas, he started traveling to the provinces in 2008. Within this context, he made his work Life is too short, for which he was given the National Author’s Book Award from Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, in 2009.
In 2014 he won the scholarship from International Photography Festival San José Foto SJF. He was invited to exhibit his work in the first edition of the Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, in 2017.
In 2018 Iturrioz won the Uruguayan Photography Award organized by Ministry of Education and Culture MEC, and by CdF. The next year he was invited to participate at the 5th Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía in São Paulo, Brazil.
His work is part of the collections: The Best of Lensculture (NL), Primal Sight (USA), Gomma Black and White Awards (UK), Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración (USA).
He currently lives and works in the Swabian Jura, Germany.
Ignacio Iturrioz (Montevideo, 1978) es un fotógrafo uruguayo, miembro del colectivo alemán de artistas Schmelzofen e.V.
Inicia sus estudios de fotografía en el taller Borgunder. Mas tarde, continua su formación en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes y en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de la República.
Interesado en la realidad del medio rural del Uruguay, en 2008 comienza una serie de viajes hacia el interior del país. En este marco realiza su trabajo Life is too short, que recibirá el Premio de Libro de Autor Nacional del Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo Cdf, en 2009.
En el año 2014 obtiene la beca del Festival Internacional de Fotografía San Jose Foto SJF. En 2017 recibe la invitación para exhibir su trabajo en la primera edición del Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF.
En el año 2018 consigue el Premio Nacional de la Fotografía Uruguaya, promovido por el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura MEC, y por el CdF. Al año siguiente, es invitado a participar en el V Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografía de San Pablo, Brasil.
Su trabajo forma parte de las colecciones: The Best of Lensculture (NL), Primal Sight (EEUU), Gomma Black and White Awards (UK), Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración (EEUU).
Actualmente vive y trabaja en los montes de Suabia, Alemania.
Exhibitions and Projections
2025 Kunstmuseum “Auf Der Suche”, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2025 Swiridoff Gallery, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (collective exhibition)
2024 Palacio Salvo, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2024 Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim, Germany (single exhibition)
2023 Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, Uruguay (collective exhibition)
2022 Lensculture, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA (collective exhibition)
2022 OPEN, Königsbronn, Germany (collective exhibition)
2021 Odesa Photo Days Festival, Ukraine (projection)
2019 Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil (collective exhibition)
2019 Museo de Artes Visuales de Tacuarembó MUART, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Cortona On The Move, Italy (projection)
2019 OPEN, Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2019 FestFoto-POA, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (collective exhibition)
2019 ZineTonic-Editions, Planche(s) Contact, France (projection)
2019 Museo Lacan Guazu, Soriano, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2019 Just Another Photo Festival, India (projection)
2019 Obscura Festival, Malaysia (projection)
2018 Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2018 OPEN, Königsbronn, Germany (collective exhibition)
2018 ZineTonic-Editions, Milano Photo Week, Italy (projection)
2017 Montevideo Uruguay Festival de Fotografía MUFF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2017 OPEN, Heidenheim, Germany (collective exhibition)
2016 San José Foto SJF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Casa Bertolt Brecht, Montevideo, Uruguay (single exhibition)
2016 Slideluck Montevideo, Uruguay (projection)
2011 New Holland Photojournalism Award, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay (collective exhibition)
2010 Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo CdF, Uruguay (single exhibition)
Awards and Honors
2023 Finalist of Gomma Black and White Awards, UK
2020 Selected by Primal Sight collection, publisher Gnomic Book, USA
2019 Jury´s Choice by LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards, NL
2019 Winner of AI-AP Latin American Fotografía 8, USA
2019 Shortlist of PHmuseum Photography Grant, UK
2018 Uruguayan Photography Award MEC-CdF, Uruguay
2017 Finalist of Fondation des Treilles, France
2014 Scholarship by International Photography Festival San José Foto, Uruguay
2011 Second Prize of New Holland Photojournalism Award, Brazil
2009 National Author’s Book Award by Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay
Books
Purgatorio · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2018, Pages 84 Format 16×22 cm
Life is too short · Publisher CdF Ediciones, Uruguay 2010, Pages 80 Format 21×21 cm